Forget the audience, make what you want to see

I really wanted to emphasize the idea of the women being isolated and abandoned . . . and they weren't raised to take care of themselves, so they had to learn to survive.

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.

Generally I just pick music that I like. That's the part I really enjoy: When I get permission for the songs I want and put them into the scenes. It's always hard when you're doing a low-budget film, so it's great when you can get all the music you want to get.

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.

Forget the audience, make what you want to see